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2051: The Brink of War by YNot1989Watch
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Climate Change started the Third World War. Perhaps that's a gross oversimplification, but its the popular consensus of those who lived through that age. The world had just gotten used to the new coastlines with the loss of the South Greenland Ice Sheet, but in 2039 to 2041 the already tense geopolitical conditions were through into overdrive with the loss of Antarctica's coast-lying ice sheets, driving sea levels up to just under 30 meters above Pre-Anthropocene levels. All but a handful of the Earth's greatest cities were lost beneath the waves, and only the hearts of once great megalopolises survived. Billions of people were displaced, driving border protection policies by some countries while others aggressively tried to take advantage of potential additions to the workforce. Some of these people desperately tried to flee for the new off-Earth colonies, but Mars quickly reached pre-terraforming capacity, while the outer planets could barely handle a few million more citizens. Most were left on Earth to flee where they could. The most dramatic instances of this second wave of refugees/immigration to the developed world were seen in the low-lying countries that had already contributed substantially to the immigration boom in coastal Russia and North America. The newcomer was the former United Kingdom; with the storm of 2043, London and many major British cities were left underwater, with little hope of reversing the damage. With Australia's drought leaving the land virtually uninhabitable, and few other options available to them, a great British migration to the Americas occurred in late 2043 thorough much of the decade. With the Atlantic seaboard flooded, most settled in the American heartland like many refugees had for the the last decade. Those that did not settle in the United States made it to Newfoundland, and the newly independent first nations in the Arctic Circle to capitalize on the demand for skilled labor in the petroleum industry. Newfoundland went so far as to achieve independence from Canada proper in 2048, taking advantage of geographic isolation via Quebec. What remained of the United Kingdom quickly fractured. Scotland formalized its independence in 2044, Ireland reunified after the British military pulled out of Ulster to secure the British mainland, but to secure Britain itself the United States positioned 10,000 military and humanitarian operators in the former UK. By 2045 the British Parliament dissolved the monarchy to take direct control of its remaining lands to secure population interests, and the Republic of Britain became little more than an American protectorate. On the mainland Germany and France found themselves in a similar position with the Dutch and Belgians who had lost the majority of their nations to the Sea, and formally annexed these territories in 2049.
In the Pacific, facing a demographic disaster from an aging population and the loss of Tokyo to the Sea despite an immense government effort to construct a robust sea wall network, Japan began more aggressive campaigns into Pacific Russia, China and South East Asia to secure territory for its displaced population, which flooded by the millions into the Pacific Russian territories and Manchuria. Securing their economic and social claims meant a Naval buildup that conflicted directly with US naval interests, and despite formally cordial relations, the Japanese invested heavily into the construction of satellite tracking and ship destroying missile bases in the South Pacific. By middle of the 2040s Japan stood as America's chief rival in Earth Orbit and on the Moon, stationing civilian and military facilities at in Earth Orbit the Lagrange points and on the far side of the moon (though in this area they American presence will still dwarf that of Japan.) Turkey, facing much less loss of territory to the Sea, but rather a need for arable land from a dryer equator formalized its presence in the Caucasus with annexation, and a more aggressive presence in Southern Russia and the Ukraine to secure the Don and Volga grain belt. War along the Turkish axis defined the late 30s and much of the 40s as Turkey faced resistance groups to its power and conventional conflicts to secure its interests, culminating in the the Friday Revolution in Egypt, where Turkey deployed peacekeepers to secure regional interests following the flooding of Cairo, and effectively took control of the Suez Straight. With a position in Egypt, Turkey pushed its sphere west into North Africa, becoming the decisive power in Western Eurasia. Israel, already on friendly terms with the Turks and seeking an accommodation with the growing power, and Turkey not wanting to enter into a conflict with the small, but powerful enclave, entered into a mutual non-aggression pact in 2040. Control of the Suez Straight meant control over Arabia, despite endless conflict with Arab insurgents, and presented itself as a major threat to Iranian interests. As the dominant power over the oil and Natural Gas of Southern Russia to the Arabian Peninsula, Turkey found itself as a natural Ally of the Japanese, and established a formal Alliance in 2043, the Eurasian Trade and Security Coalition. While Formal alliances of this type were unusual in this age, the necessity of the global climate and refugee crisis drove these two powers to formalize their interests to secure mutual interests against the rising tide and against American interests. This event forced the United States to realize the new reality in Eurasia, as Turkey and Japan posed a credible risk to uniting the continent under a single power (though not a single state). With an economic depression in the Arab region, Turkey positioned itself as a neo-Islamist power, gathering support from pan-Turkics and Islamic fundamentalists. Facing mutual threats on two fronts, the United States increased support to India and China dramatically, going so far as to support Chinese nationalists over American and Taiwanese puppet regimes in Southern China for the sake of regional cohesion. By 2045, Poland, supported in the US effort to counter the Turks, brought Slovenia and Croatia into the Visegrad Group, despite a limited Turkish Presence in Former Bosnia. The Eurozone watched this developing crisis intensely, playing a game of wait and see, but finding itself on increasingly more amicable terms with the Turks, not wanting to see a United power on their Eastern Border again, and Germany once again made into a battlefield. At this juncture Germany began to a quiet effort to aid the Turks in every way short of war with Poland, by imposing greater influence on Danish and Croatian business interests to prevent Polish access to the Atlantic and therefore the United States.
The Americans pursued an extremely effective policy of containment against this new Coalition, arming the Poles, Chinese, Indians, and Koreans against the Turks and the Japanese, a policy that in turn drove the Japanese and Turks to increase their military readiness, and so on, driving the planet to war. With a halt in American trade of high tech goods to prevent any technology transfer, Japan and Turkey were left believing a full blockade could be next. With America supporting nationalists efforts in Arabia, Egypt, Russia, and the Ukraine, the Turks were convinced that war would be the next inevitable act by the Americans to cripple them. As such, war plans by the Turks and Japanese began to take shape.
The Americans pursued an extremely effective policy of containment against this new Coalition, arming the Poles, Chinese, Indians, and Koreans against the Turks and the Japanese, a policy that in turn drove the Japanese and Turks to increase their military readiness, and so on, driving the planet to war. With a halt in American trade of high tech goods to prevent any technology transfer, Japan and Turkey were left believing a full blockade could be next. With America supporting nationalists efforts in Arabia, Egypt, Russia, and the Ukraine, the Turks were convinced that war would be the next inevitable act by the Americans to cripple them. As such, war plans by the Turks and Japanese began to take shape.
The key American military threat no longer lied at Sea, but in Space. Since the Space Boom began in the late 2010s the United States had been quietly increasing its military presence in Earth Orbit and on the Moon, protective of valuable energy, mining, and manufacturing operations on Near Earth Asteroids and the lunar surface. During the 2030s the United States reached out to several contractors it had worked with on the commercial mining of lunar Helium-3 to develop increased infrastructure for commercial and eventually military ventures. Gradually the US abandoned the costly and ineffective policy of deploying overburdened infantrymen and petroleum burning vehicles to far corners of the planet to exert its power, to a system of rapid response, force projection technologies that could operate from mobile sea-based platforms and from US Soil directly. These systems still required a global command system, however and to that end the US began the construction of an extensive network of command and control satellites, all managed by three geostationary positioned Orbital Command Stations. Built in secret at the Tycho Shipyards on the moon, the Orbital Command Stations networked with unmanned spy satellites, refueling and repair facilities and orbital bombardment stations. No longer relying on vulnerable land based command centers, the United States could project its power with minimum effort and superb accuracy. Primary command and control moved to the Orbital Command Stations to limit the number of failure points, with space based systems seeming invulnerable to smaller powers. OCS Eisenhower was stationed over Uganda, OCS Kennedy over Papua New Guinea, and the main command station, OCS Reagan was stationed over Ecuador. These stations constituted the primary threat to the Turks and Japanese. Commanding fleets of hypersonic unmanned aircraft and coordinating Naval support around the planet, the Orbital Command Stations could impose devastating blockades on the Turks and Japanese. By 2050 war plans were well underway, and Japan new that to secure its regional interests it had to destroy the American command structure in space, and prevent any future launches by capturing the American manufacturing and military installations on the Moon. As the Japanese prepare for their attack, the Turks stage a crisis in the Balkans, pushing the Poles to the absolute edge of war, even allowing facilities in the Caucasus to be attacked by Polish drones. While the Geneva peace conference is being mediated by the Americans, Japan prepares to strike, hoping the Americans would rather accept a world with three great empires than risk its own empire in another World War.
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The Next 100 Years is one of my favorite books. Glad to see someone else is interested in it
The Ivory Toldson page now has a infobox thanks to yours truly. I would like to know the birthday and birthplace of Ivory Toldson as well as the day he died and where. I would also like the same information regarding his successor Maya Garcia as I intend to create a page on her. This way the Second Renaissance Wiki can reveal more information on the Presidents that ruled before WWIII.
I think the birth and deathdates info are on the President's page. In the future, please only contact me about wikia business through the wikia on the relevant pages.
Apparently Sam Raimi (of Evil Dead & Spiderman fame) is planning to adapt "The Next 100 Years" to a movie, "World War 3". So now I'm looking foward to see some very climactic action scenes: American Space Soldiers armed with webshooters fighting against Japanese Eight-Armed Combat Drones onboard a Lunar Train, and Turkish Spec-Ops trying to inflitrate a Polish FOB in the Balkans, with the only one left to defend it, is a Polish Cyborg with a Chain Saw-arm, a Shotgun, bad one-liners and a general bad attitude, haha.
I think that sounds amazing, but probably not what we'll get. Frankly I'm amazed that this is getting made, and I fully expect Japan to be changed to North Korean and Turkey to ISIS pr Iran with a much clearer Good Guy/Bad Guy message once it comes to theaters.
That would be really stupid though, no realism or plasability at all
Yeah, but how are they gonna explain to present day audiences that basically everything they've been told by pop-economists and pop-geopolitical theorists is wrong? We're not just talking about average people who never really think about this stuff, but also high minded intellectuals who... well, they also hardly ever think about this stuff. The hardest thing about making this movie is getting people out of their own era and changing the way they think... in the first 15 minutes of the film. That's asking a lot of audiences, hell that's asking a LOT of screenwriters.
But surely even the average person at least knows that North Korea is a joke, a paper tiger. It has a large army sure and nukes but that army is taking up most of the states resources, it won't last very long in a full scale war and even most of the soldiers are undernourished. As for the nukes, well I don't think they have a proper delivery system or a reliable one at that.
Yeah, but they're one of the last regimes as seen as pure evil, and modern Hollywood does not like doing anything that even suggests that other countries they sell movies to (of which Japan and Turkey are) are capable of doing "bad things." Our modern obsession of hypocrisy, and morality has made it almost impossible to feature another country as an opponent of the US. In many ways the previous two decades were TOO peaceful, as they've convinced us that national interest somehow has anything to do with morality, and that rich nations would never go to war with eachother.
Huh that's kind of wierd, that kills any creativity in a movie or movie series.
I wouldn't let something like the above stop me from making stuff based on my Dawnverse and Solar Strife settings how I want to if I was a film maker for example.
I wouldn't let something like the above stop me from making stuff based on my Dawnverse and Solar Strife settings how I want to if I was a film maker for example.
ahaha, no harm in dreaming. stupidity, not the card.
have you read "The Next 100 Years"? cuz i see a moment of WW3 similarities
Yes I have.
i was wondering, if you want me to make some flags, i might be able to make them!
I make plenty on my own, but if you want to create some of your own I'd be happy to add them to the wiki.
which wiki? (ive been looking for it)
So this took place in an alternate history where Japan never really demilitarised and reduced into nothing more than an American protectorate?
No, this is purely future history/speculative history. Japan has remilitarized (as they are currently in the process of doing with the Blessings of the US to form a more effective counter to China). Also remember, that Japan never really demiliterized, they have the second largest Navy in the Pacific and a very large Army (both of which are formally National Guard/Coast Guard like entities). They have a serious demographic problem, expounded by a cultural problem (old people, and xenophobia respectively) that will necessitate expanding their economic assets to border regions. They'll have to protect those regions, and that means expanding their military.
JAPANESE CONSTITUTION, ARTICLE 9. "Aspiring sincerely to an international peace based on justice and order, the Japanese people forever renounce war as a sovereign right of the nation and the threat or use of force as means of settling international disputes. To accomplish the aim of the preceding paragraph, land, sea, and air forces, as well as other war potential, will never be maintained. The right of belligerency of the state will not be recognized."
So unless they have avoided the disaster of WW2, the Japanese have been metaphorically castrated. Hence my description of modern Japan as nothing more than an American protectorate.
So unless they have avoided the disaster of WW2, the Japanese have been metaphorically castrated. Hence my description of modern Japan as nothing more than an American protectorate.
dude, the world went to s!@# overnight, i don't think anyone was careing when they were able to do something cheeply.
Actually, the Japanese government is already talking about getting rid of that clause entirely and simply reforming their military. Constitutions can be amended you know.
Yeah, that's not gonna last. The Japanese went from having no industrial capacity to being the dominant power in Asia in less than 50 years. If they decide that taking a more active role in their region benefits their country more than being a US protectorate (spoilers, it is) they'll militarize. Also, prose means very little to me, and politics means even less, so don't show me the line of prose from their constitution that will most likely stay in effect decades after they've built up their Navy and Air Force and are planning on sending troops into Northern China to secure their interests.
Very unlikely for that to happen to Canada, this actually I know will lead to a full annexation of Canada into the US which is something I hate seeing on and future or alt history maps. I'm just being honest here.
I assume the Orbital Command Stations are located at the end of Orbital Elevators?
Lastly, why are there Turkish allies in northeast Asia? That's preposterous. The Japanese wouldn't like it and the Turks couldn't support those allies. I understand their desire to surround Siberia if it were allied with the U.S., but that's impractical.
Turkish Nationalism/Pan-Turkism is a growing movement today, and I imagine that the Turks will use this in securing an alliance with the predominantly Turkic Sakha/Yakutia. The alliance is convenient because it allows the Japanese to secure their holdings in the former Russian Far East, without having to risk a costly occupation of a neighboring territory, while the Turks provide security and economic development to feed the industrial demand for raw materials of the Japanese.
Also, you need to redraw the borders of Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgistan. The Fergana Valley will unify in some way, somehow when Russian power collapses although you have liberty to draw the borders however you like because I don't know enough to guess at how things will unfold. Needless to say, expect Uzbekistan to become two countries, its geography has two distinct population centers and cultures.
Lastly, while the Iranians will be rooting for the Americans to win the war they will only jump in at the end once its clear Turkey will lose, and they want a spot at the table when peace is made. They should be considered neutral at the time the war begins.
You've said lastly twice, if you just like reading your own words then please just write your own timeline, because you are just quibbling over minutia at this point.
Sorry about my English, I kept realizing new things that caught my attention, and I don't consider it "minutia." I consider your work to be the best I've ever found on the internet as far as projecting future developments, and I'm trying to offer constructive criticism because I think your work is so good. I would never have taken so much time to analyze the "minutia" if your work wasn't so impressive.
Lastly, expect Bulgaria to be pro-Turkish, there's strong historic precedence for this, and they are less threatened by Russia's resurgence than Romania or Poland, and have nothing to gain and everything to lose from the Polish Bloc pushing into Russia.
I imagine they would not formalize such an arrangement at the start of the war due to the heavy presence of American and Polish material in the Balkans. They wouldn't choose sides until after the Turks push north into Poland.
And I expect Kenya and Uganda at least to be one country by this time: they're economies are complementary, and the East African Economic Community is laying the framework for this.
Eh, they've been trying for a while, but an East African Federation isn't formed until the late 2050s in this timeline, and its largely because of an American investment in space elevator infrastructure to fuel its next generation Orbital Defense System.
Sorry, I just looked at Africa. Expect Nigeria to fragment by this time with its exploding population (500million people in an area the size of Texas), and Somaliland should be independent. It has a strong national identity forged in war, and continuing chaos in the horn of Africa should id its aspirations to become independent. Somalia and Somaliland will likely take different sides between the Turks and the Americans two with this war offering both a prime chance to strike a blow against the other.
Some criticisms:
1. I believe far more of Latin America will offer token support to the United States. For example, Brazil sending a few thousand soldiers to fight would help to reassure the U.S. about its expanding presence in the South Atlantic, and cost very little in their eyes. Columbia will of course side with the U.S. It's geopolitical imperative is to ally with whatever power controls the Panama Canal, and Argentina will ally with the U.S. as it will have been a tacit U.S. ally since the 2030s. It will send a few troops as metaphorical "payment" for free trade agreements and technical and military support which the u.s. will have been giving it for more than a decade as a way of constraining Brazil.
2. Why do you expect Italy to split into two? I don't see that happening: regionalism is strong there, but their unemployment rate is still only at 12%. A general rule for calculating the political effect unemployment has on a country is the "rule of three." That means for every unemployed person three people are affected (generally, a spouse and two kids). That means that 50% of Italy is affected by its unemployment. That's high, but not as extreme as Greece or Spain's. The capital inflows of the Po River valley would likely be funneled South through social welfare programs to keep the country together, and I would expect Italy to give basing support to the U.S. and potentially Poland, but not engage in war b/c it won't want to fight a major war, and Turkey will grudgingly not attack it because it won't want to face Italian power (which won't be great, but will be regionally relevant like England's, despite its population decline problem which is even more extreme than Germany's), in addition to the Polish Bloc.
3. I expect the Indonesian central government will be allied with the U.S. while Japan destabilizes the country by pitting ethnic factions on different islands against Jakarta. It will be neutral in the war, internally distracted, but will be rooting for a U.S. victory. Southeast Asia will also want to see a U.S. victory, but stay neutral until its clear the Americans will win because they will fear Japanese power projection in Asia. Japan won't need to invade them as they did in World War Two because they will have the resources of Russian Siberia.
4. Any and all Canadian states will ally with the U.S. None will want the U.S. to favor one faction over another after the war. I don't think Canada will split, but if it did, all those states would have to be pro-American as they would all be hugely dependent on the U.S. economically, and militarily fearful of the U.S. supporting other Canadian factions.
, but overall, very very well done.
1. The United States is trying to counter Brazil's growing influence in the South Atlantic by supporting Argentina, so they aren't really allies; Columbia and the US have had a falling out as the Turks try to cause friction in South America to divert American attention to their space Elevator in Ecuador.
2. Italy's break up is the result of a combination of regionalism, economic disparity as Northern Italy benefits more from being tied to the European core than Southern Italy, and a more intense economic collapse due to poor preparation for rising sea levels.
3. Indonesia's CURRENT government would be allied with the US, but the regime in power by 2051 was installed by the Turks and the Japanese to secure the Straight of Malacca (this is the same reason the Japanese invaded in WWII, and its the reason they will install puppet regimes and business interests to take them over in WWIII) using the very tactics you refer to.
4. The First Nations are divided amongst each other and Canada enough that the US does not feel the need to invest resources to secure an alliance with them, and the First Nations themselves are as impulsive and prideful as is typical with young dynamic countries, so they do not see an alliance with the US as an inherent benefit.
No, but when you're not trying to conquer Eurasia, your political system does a fine job of destroying itself. Its only a matter of time before it takes all of Russia with it.
And if that translator app is worth a damn this should make sense: Нет, но если вы не пытается покорить Евразии, вашей политической системы не штрафом задание уничтожить себя. Его лишь вопрос времени, прежде чем оно принимает все России.
And if that translator app is worth a damn this should make sense: Нет, но если вы не пытается покорить Евразии, вашей политической системы не штрафом задание уничтожить себя. Его лишь вопрос времени, прежде чем оно принимает все России.
Don't try to use translator apps for non-Western languages. The grammar structure is too different. I know this from learning Chinese, and Russian grammar is far more different from English grammar than Chinese is.
Did any conflict from World War 3 take place on Mars or any other non Earth/Lunar parts of the solar system?
Well, the Coalition sponsored a couple of anti-terraforming radical groups on Mars, but outside of Earth-Luna, the war wasn't really ever a factor of daily life.
So, the Japanese probably aren't off the hook for this one until at least 2300... I'm curious, what were the death tolls for the prewar Turkic and Japanese expansions? Knowing what we do here, I'm guessing rather high.
Pretty low actually. It was economic expansion to start, then military and political aid to neighboring powers, then military advisers, then bases in neighboring states, then outright annexation of the Caucasus which most of the region (save Georgia and Armenia) were more than happy to have. Georgia is a police state, but Armenia is, while not genocided, ethnically cleansed in a sense via forced relocation programs. Japan had forced relocation programs after the loss of the south polar caps, but it was fairly localized and mostly bloodless.


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The Nevada Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the Federal Highway Administration, is planning an extension of USA Parkway from the current end of pavement south to U.S. 50 near Silver Springs in Lyon County. The extension will complete the 18-mile-long roadway and provide an additional connection between I-80 to U.S. 50. The new alignment will enhance accessibility and mobility between Lyon and Storey counties, as well as provide transportation infrastructure to support existing and planned land uses and economic development in both counties.USA Parkway
Construction on phase
2B-3, construction of the freeway from Fairview Drive to South
Carson Street, began in 2015.
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Carson City Freeway Phase 2B-2, construction of the
Snyder Avenue overpass along with drainage and utility relocation work, has
been completed.
Overnight lane closures will take place on South Carson Street between Fairview Drive and Overland Street Sundays through Fridays from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. One lane in each direction will always remain open, and business access will remain available.
The nearly two miles of roadway will be microsurfaced for enhanced roadway smoothness and durability. The improvements will help protect and prolong pavement life by resealing the roadway with a new top layer. Certain sidewalk ramps will also be enhanced for better accessibility.
The approximately $1.2 million project by Sierra Nevada Construction is scheduled to finish in the fall of 2016. This section of Carson Street was last resurfaced in 2002. The roadway currently serves as a freeway connection for those traveling between the I-580 Carson City Freeway and south of Carson City. The improvements will help preserve the roadway surface of the segment of South Carson Street before it is moved from state ownership to Carson City ownership in 2017. An average of 44,000 vehicles daily travel the road daily.
The Nevada Department of Transportation has begun construction of an auxiliary merge lane from Alternative U.S. 395/Eastlake Boulevard to southbound I-580 in north Carson City. The work is part of a project to repave the aging roadway surface, seismically retrofit bridges and make other improvements on Interstate 580 in Washoe Valley.
Periodic lane and ramp closures will take place on southbound I-580 and the Alternative U.S. 395/Eastlake Boulevard to southbound I-580 merge lane in the Duck Hill area. Construction will extend the existing merge lane to reach Carson Street. The existing merge lane will be extended 2,700 feet, providing additional space and safety to merge.
The interstate was last repaved in 2004, and was in need of resurfacing to keep the roadway smooth and safe.
The project will also seismically retrofit and enhance the I-580 Bellevue Road bridge and Eastlake Boulevard underpass as part of NDOT's continuing effort to retrofit older bridges for enhanced safety and stability during potential earthquakes. The Bellevue Road overpass will be closed intermittently during those road improvements.
The approximately $15 million project by Q & D Construction is scheduled to complete in the fall of 2016. Approximately 32,000 vehicles travel I-580 daily in the area.Further project details are available at www.nevadadot.com or by dialing (775) 888-7000
The approximately $12.1
million project by contractor Q & D Construction improved southbound
I-580/U.S. 395 from Glendale Avenue to Moana Lane. Aging concrete roadway slabs
last constructed more than 30 years ago have been replaced between Mill Street
and Villanova Drive on I-580 southbound. Other areas of existing roadway
concrete that are not being replaced have been resurfaced on both directions of the
interstate. In addition, select bridges are being seismically retrofitted and
interchange crossings below the freeway are receiving Americans with
Disabilities Act accessibility enhancements. The project is expected to
complete in summer 2016, providing an enhanced concrete southbound I-580
roadway surface. More than 140,000 vehicles travel the stretch of I-580
the project website at www.i580project.com.
The Nevada Department of Transportation is taking preventative measures to ensure the future safety of the traveling public within the Lake Tahoe Basin. As a result of large scale rock fall that occurred in early February 2015 and due to the threat of large diameter rock fall in the future, NDOT will construct a tunnel extension / rock fall shelter on the north side of the westbound Cave Rock Tunnel. This approximately 60' long, 27' tall, flat-topped structure will protect the traveling public by catching falling rocks all while blending into the natural surroundings with colors, patterns, and textures matching the adjacent rock faces.
Additionally, stormwater quality improvements will be made from approximately one mile north of Cave Rock at Milepost 8.4 through Milepost 11.4. Improvements include paved shoulders, new drop inlets, new sediment filtration systems, slope scaling, and barrier rail.
Construction will begin in May 2016 and continue through Fall 2016.
NDOT has begun a project by to enhance the State Route 431 Mt. Rose Highway truck escape ramp. The truck ramp, located on the westbound side of the highway in Incline Village, will be converted from the current rock surface to asphalt. A series of six pre-tensioned drag nets will be added to the truck ramp to catch the front grill of runaway vehicles and help safely absorb the impact to slow, then ultimately stop, the vehicle. The asphalt surface of the truck ramp will be heated to ensure that snow or ice does not hamper use of the nets during winter months. Two roadside flashing signs and one large overhead digital message sign will also be installed to alert drivers when a vehicle is in the truck ramp. The approximately $4.6 million project by Q & D Construction is scheduled to complete in the fall of 2016. Click here for more information.
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This information depends on a number of items, including Internet
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are beyond the control of the NDOT and difficult to predict.Road construction conditions can change rapidly and the most
immediate conditions can not always be reflected on this webpage.
Weather and road conditions change rapidly, and drivers are in
the best position to perceive such conditions and adjust their
driving accordingly. Those relying on this information do so at
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You might have noticed something different about us last week. Actually, you might have noticed everything was different about us last week.
For most of the past decade, little had changed (looks-wise, anyway) at the Loaf. Last week's issue was a drastic departure from that, the culmination of nine months spent devising and revising a whole new publication, from design to content to the website and beyond. The Loaf's staffers, along with local artists and an outside newspaper-design guru, put our heads together with the hope that the end result would be ... well, if not perfect, then at least bold and provocative and surprising and a massive improvement over what had come before.
Your responses were largely glowing. Thank you! Some of my faves: "If it was Facebook, I would hit the like button," "I virtually never write in to anything, not even for a chance to win $1,000,000. ... Overall I love the new format," and "The paper is fresh but retains its essence. You can be proud of your new baby."
There were some puzzling reactions, too: "It sucks just like the AJC" and "I didn't know Creative Loafing had started up again." Really?
And, of course, there was criticism — mostly really, really good criticism.
You said you wanted a little more clarity on the START page, and so we're offering that, in the form of little bits of explanation following each quote. Does that help?
You were really weirded out by the orientation of the GO pages. But can you stick with it for the next couple of weeks, and keep the feedback coming? Maybe, just maybe, it will grow on you. If it doesn't, we need to know.
Some of you had trouble finding the cartoons back in the classifieds section, complained about the crossword setup — which we fixed, and overlooked our new man-on-the-street (and on the Web) feature, the Last Word.
Many of you lamented that Andisheh Nouraee's humorous foreign-affairs column, Don't Panic!, has moved online to clatl.com/dontpanic (where, in addition to the column, Andy will be blogging regularly on foreign affairs). It was a tough call, but the staff and I decided to use what space we had in print for a weekly column and editorial that focus on local issues that impact Atlantans. As you can see this week, Andy will be a regular presence on that page — and elsewhere in the news section.
One other important point you raised: publication day. Yes, it too has changed. CL will now hit the streets every Thursday instead of Wednesday. Hump Day will never be the same.
I'm still waiting on your feedback regarding some of the Loaf's other new features: Neighborhood News, which has changed format from last week, our new nightlife column, our reconceived concert listings, with shows arranged by genre and club, the consolidated events listed in the back of the paper and — big one here — the new website (clatl.com).
The staff and I really want to know what you're thinking. E-mail me. Or go to clatl.com/feedback and leave your comments there. Don't be shy.


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The use of hydraulic fracturing has made the U.S. the biggest producer of shale natural gas in the world, according to a report from the Energy Information Administration. Shale gas output represented 39% of the country's total natural gas production last year, the report shows. "There's no commercially viable shale gas production outside the United States and Canada" despite exploratory testing done in other countries, said EIA economist Aloulou Fawzi.
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Skip to comments.Rumours abound as Clinton 'befriends' billionaire socialite
Posted on 06/12/2003 9:40:16 PM PDT by Mister Magoo
Rumours abound as Clinton 'befriends' billionaire socialite
Former U.S. president seen frequently with Magna CEO
Robert Fife CanWest News Service
Thursday, June 12, 2003
CREDIT: Mikael Kjellstrom, Canwest News Service; The Calgary Herald
Former U.S. president Bill Clinton met Belinda Stronach at a charity event at Magna's private Ontario golf course.
CREDIT: Carlo Allegri, Canwest News Service; The National Post
Magna CEO Belinda Stronach is reportedly charmed by Bill Clinton's intelligence and knowledge of world affairs.
OTTAWA - Belinda Stronach, the billionaire chief executive of Magna International, has developed a close personal and business relationship with former U.S. President Bill Clinton, but friends of the auto giant executive insist they are not "romantically linked."
Stronach, who recently announced plans to divorce Olympic speed-skating champion Johann Olav Koss, struck up her friendship with Clinton after he attended a charity event at Magna's private golf course in Aurora, Ont., two years ago.
Since then, Stronach, 36, and Clinton, 57, have been spotted together on at least three other occasions, including a private dinner last July when he was in Toronto to honour rock and roll legend Ronnie Hawkins. Over the past six months, the two have dined together at the Democratic governors' conference in Baltimore as well as a Democratic fund raiser in California.
It has fuelled speculation in Toronto's business and political establishment and in the U.S. media, including the New York Daily News and Chicago Sun Times, that there may be more to the relationship than meets the eye.
However, friends say they are simply good friends, although the wealthy socialite has admitted to being attracted to Clinton.
Stronach split four months ago from Koss, a four-time Olympic gold medalist for Norway who is working toward his MBA at the University of Toronto. It was Stronach's second marriage. She has two children from the first marriage.
Stronach is reportedly intrigued by the former president's charisma and brain-power, particularly his knowledge of world events.
Magna spokesman Jim Warren characterized Stronach's friendship with Clinton as a "business relationship." Clinton's office in New York requested that any questions about the relationship be submitted in writing.
Rumours of a more serious relationship are not surprising given Clinton's checkered love life and reputation as a womanizer. Hilary Clinton acknowledges Clinton's unfaithfulness in her new book, describing how angry she was at discovering he had a sexual relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.
Stronach is one of the beneficiaries of the Stronach Trust, which controls Magna, the biggest independent auto-parts maker in Canada and a major international player. The company has annual sales of more than $13 billion US.
Clinton is also friends with Frank Stronach, the father of Belinda who is founder and controlling shareholder of Magna. He is reported to have expressed an interest in contributing to Clinton's presidential library in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Are you angry at hearing about this new "relationship" Hillary?
It needs to be done at least 4-5 years before the {B-word} runs for the Whitehouse job. She needs to re-marry.
The only reason it has not been done yet is that Hillary needs Bill's connections.
What a pair of deceitful freaks.
No just the low class stuff with lots of money.
Hilary Clinton acknowledges Clinton's unfaithfulness in her new book, describing how angry she was at discovering he had a sexual relationship with White House intern Monica Lewinsky.I thought Clinton did not sex with that woman, Monica Lewinsky.
The only reason it has not been done yet is that Hillary needs Bill's connections.
What a pair of deceitful freaks.
If they divorced, what makes you think Bill will still be helping out Hillary's political career? He may decide to help out the career of his new wife or girlfriend.
I don't see bill chasing someone who would upstage him again.
No, I think if Bill dumps her she's finished.
Who the HE!! would do that??? She didn't make enough off that book to pay someone to do that!!!!
Weren't Daschle and she supposed to be an item?
I think they will split. Bill needs the freedom and Hillary needs to distance herself from the BS during Bill's term.[like pardongate]
Two words: spousal immunity.
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You mean they would both need to have the other Arkancided?
No! Mr. Clinton No! Take his wife... but put down his speedskating suit. For the love of God! Do not put on the suit!
He was just here in Indianapolis as a guest of Mr. Simon for the Indy 500. Simon is a billionaire who owes a host of shopping malls, mega malls, througout our country.
Hard for me to imagine anyone possessing a soul even wanting to be in the same state as that rapist. Oh puke.
Just proves that many of the so called super rich are truly suffering from poverty. A deep poverty of the soul.
I'd rather see a thread about her girl friend. I really doubt she's jealous; she just doesn't want any affairs to be widely publicly known so she would have to act the part of the forgiving wife publicly.
Daschle's more her height. I hear she throws a sinker when tossing lamps so Daschle better be quick on his feet.
Somehow, that sounds like a Clinton.
More like a Ted Bundy just after his escape from jail in Utah. A rape spree.
Also at the Preakness:
Heads turned in the Jockey Club at Pimlico racetrack in Baltimore Saturday when Bill Clinton arrived with new track owners Frank Stronach and his sharp and sexy daughter, Belinda, to watch New York-bred Funny Cide win the second leg of the Triple Crown in the Preakness Stakes.
Clinton seen with new blonde (10-18-02)
Mark Coleman In New York
BILL Clintons chequered love life became the source of fresh speculation yesterday after he was spotted with yet another blonde.
The former US president is reported to have shared an intimate dinner with Belinda Stronach, a married business woman.
According to reports, Mr Clinton, 56, wined and dined Ms Stronach, 35, the head of an international car parts company, in Toronto.
The pair have apparently struck up a cosy friendship and were caught embracing at the end of the evening.
"Clinton gave her a peck on the cheek before she got into her car," the New York Post reported. Another tabloid, the Daily News, pronounced that the two "had dinner and were seen embracing before they parted".
The papers said that the couple appeared to be fairly close, exchanging fond glances as they walked around the city.
Mr Clinton, who was in Toronto for a party honouring the musician Ronnie Hawkins, who has been diagnosed with cancer, twitched awkwardly with his mobile phone after realising that he and Ms Stronach, who was wearing a black dress and diamond necklace, were being followed by photographers.
The revelations are bound to renew consternation between Mr Clinton and his wife Hillary, to whom he has been married for 26 years.
Four months ago Mr Clinton was linked with another blonde socialite, Lisa Belzberg, 38, who is also a Canadian.
In February, Ms Stonach became the chief executive of Canada-based Magna International, a car parts company founded by her father.
In 1999 she married a former Olympic speed-skating champion, Johann Olav Koss, who is her second husband.
"She holds the bizarre distinction of taking over the top job from her ex-husband, who now heads one of the $10.5 billion companys largest subsidiaries," reported Fortune magazine this year.
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A Hispanic woman unexpectedly discovers a new outlook on life after taking a new job in this heartfelt, observant comedy-drama. Young Bronx mother Lisette (Lauren Velez) has enough to deal with without taking a job, as she is struggling to raise her three young children and keep her marriage to bicycle messenger Chino (Jon Seda) afloat. When Chino is jailed after committing a robbery, however, Lisette turns to the want ads to find a new source of income. Expecting a one-time modeling gig, she stumbles into a position as assistant to Stephen Price (Griffin Dunne), a white music executive handling Latino music. Lisette proves a natural at the job, finding a new sense of purpose and self-assurance. Unfortunately, Chino isn't particularly grateful for her efforts, especially after hearing a rumor that Lisette has been cheating on him with Stephen. Director Darnell Martin populates her debut film with a mosaic of colorful supporting characters, ranging from Lisette's transsexual brother (Jesse Borrego) to Chino's meddling mother (Rita Moreno). Though the film presents a relatively old-fashioned story of self-realization, the knowing presentation of a multi-racial Bronx neighborhood enhances its vital feel.
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Marg posted this photo on twitter this morning. Looks like she and her former castmates had a CSI series finale viewing party last night and from what she said in interviews this week, Jorja Fox was their gracious host for the evening. In addition to sharing this wonderful photo, Marg also offered a heartfelt salute to all of the CSI fans: "To all the fans we salute you! Immeasurable thanks for your devotion."
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Zap2it: What does it mean to you to return for the final episode of "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation"?
Being involved in that show for close to 12 seasons was, certainly, the highlight of my career … and it had such a huge impact on my life. Being a part of a show that becomes a cultural phenomenon, that doesn't happen very often. The phrase "the CSI effect" was coined because of the show, and just the amount of kids who were inspired to become criminologists — that's certainly an impact I wouldn't have anticipated when I began the show.
Zap2it: Why do you think "CSI" caught on the way it did?
The audience was ripe and ready for it, and just from the few commercials that existed for it, they said, "Hey, this looks exciting." I do remember the teaser, and it was pretty exciting, actually. Obviously, I'm biased, but I can see why an audience would be engaged and intrigued.
Zap2it: What do you make of the international success "CSI" has enjoyed?
I sometimes don't think about that until I travel abroad. In some ways, I'm more recognized there than I am here, and that always takes me aback. The most recent time that happened to me, I was in Cuba in November. This was before the travel embargo was lifted, and one would assume they didn't have American programming there … but how wrong I was. From the moment I stepped foot through immigration, I was recognized throughout the entire country, and the people were so incredibly lovely. It was like the old days, when in our country, the whole family would sit around and watch a show as it was broadcast. Who does that now?
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The interviews just keep coming! I think we're all going to be very bored once the CSI series finale airs and the paces of the interviews slows back down to normal. The latest interview comes to us from 'The Hollywood Reporter' who spoke to Marg about why she didn't miss her character after she left CSI, the surprising scene in the finale that kept causing her to well up with tears, and whether the show should have called it quits after the core cast stepped away. Here are some highlights from the interview. You can read the complete interview HERE.
Did you shed any tears while filming the finale?
It was mostly laughs — there were a few tears, but in odd, surprising ways. When I finished my last scene, I didn't have tears — it could have been because it was late at night, and I had to catch an early flight the next morning. (Laughs.) But it happened on a crime scene, believe it or not. All of the CSIs were there, collecting and gathering evidence, and Catherine breezes back in and [is] stating "I have jurisdiction," blah blah blah. Every time I got to those lines, I was welling up. Some of it had to do with what [my character] had just experienced prior to that scene. I didn't know if it was the combination of seeing the team together and doing what they do best — here I am all these years later, and they're still passionate about what they do. It was a bit of fiction taking over reality and vice versa. You've played that character for so long, it lives inside you, as do all the other characters.
What was it like to inhabit this character again?
When I left the show midway through season 12, I did not miss Catherine Willows. The thing I missed about the show was obviously the people and the structure of the show that it provides. You get into a rhythm, and when that is removed, you're like, "Wait a second!" (Laughs.) I was really looking forward to a break, which I enjoyed for the first few months, and then it was like, "Hmmm." (Laughs.) When I actually got around to shooting [the finale], I realized I was really glad to be back in her suits and her boots and her swagger and her savvy and her sass. It was just really fun because I liked the character a great deal, and I was lucky to have played her for all those years.
Did you have second thoughts after leaving the show, and was there something that you missed the most about it?
I never really doubted [leaving] — sometimes, you just instinctively know that you need a break, and I knew that I needed a break then and there. [But I missed] just the camaraderie we had on the set was just so amazing — and not just the cast. It was the crew, it was the writers — the whole journey that we had taken together, this enormous magical mystery tour we were on for 15 years.
What's your take on the show's lasting legacy?
[I'm proud of] the impact it had on young people to become criminalists, and how it really illuminated what criminalists and coroners do, people that were always behind the scenes when it came to crime solving. Now all of sudden, they got the attention, and it just became this phenomenon — that was a joy ride to be on. It also had an effect on the way trials happened. In a trial, if you have forensic evidence, it's irrefutable. I think the fact that people all of a sudden had something they could hang on to — "Oh, this is the truth" — and I think that's what people liked so much about it.
Is this the right time to end the show? Should it maybe have ended back when the core cast left?
For all of my friends that were still involved with the show, I would have wanted it to continue, as they would have, because they all really enjoyed their jobs. (Laughs) I think [this] was probably about the right time to have the show go off the air. Fifteen years is a good long time, and I think the show was still really solid. Every year, it always becomes harder when a show becomes really popular — three spinoffs and numerous shows that were inspired by CSI, so the idea gets watered down, and it gets hard to keep it fresh — it's hard to keep new inventive ways of presenting the science. If anybody could pull it off, it was the core group of people that were involved in the creative decisions of CSI.
This show had such a magic — when you read a new pilot now, is it hard for anything to compare to CSI? Are there still shows out there that get you excited in the same way?
Because of the length of time that I did the show, it's hard not to compare anything you do from this point forward to CSI because that was a real chunk of my career was devoted to CSI. But you've got to look at everything with fresh eyes and an open mind and open heart to what that experience entails. The only way you're going to be inspired is to remain open.
The CSI finale airs Sept. 27 at 9 p.m. on CBS.
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The Magic of Bill Blagg at the James Lumber Center
Bill Blagg is one of the nation's top touring illusionists, thrilling thousands and leaving people in complete disbelief as he creates the impossible. Prepare to be amazed as he passes through the blades of an industrial fan, shrinks his body to just 6" tall and instantly teleports across the theatre.
Come spend some time at Toyota Park for our Taste of Pierogi! Lots of carnival rides, food, live music, and beer! Hope to see you there! Th-F 4-11PM; Sa 1-11PM; Su 12-11PM
Fame! The Musical at the James Lumber Center
Derived from the award-winning film and television series, Fame - The Musical follows the incredible journey of a group of vibrant, multi-cultural young artists at New York's High School of Performing Arts. Featuring music for the ages, this riveting theatrical odyssey inspires audiences to embrace their talents and follow their dreams.
This free, family-friendly event celebrates the Aurora community and its burgeoning arts and cultural scene. The art festival turns Water Street Mall, the brick alleyway between Downer Place and Galena Boulevard, into a vibrant city center featuring more than sixty local artists, crafters, and artisans. Free music on the lawn, a creative children's booth, delicious food, and so much more is offered to create a fun and exciting day for everyone.This outdoor, grassroots art festival is from noon to 5 p.m. on the last Saturday in August.
An Afternoon with Rita Moreno at the James Lumber Center
For pairing an afternoon of story with song, Rita Moreno is both master chef and sommelier. The table is set with a full course that includes some of Rita's favorites from the American songbook -- Broadway classics, including selections from West Side Story, Sunset Boulevard, Master Class, Swing, Jazz, selections from her new Spanish album, Una Vez Más and even Rap. Enjoy a confection of her experiences, anecdotes and encounters collected over her storied lifetime.
In the Mood at the James Lumber Center
n The Mood celebrates the music of the 1930s and 40s, the Big Band era, with a sensational 13-piece String of Pearls Orchestra and fabulous singers and dancers. The great melodies and lyrics that are still with us today are presented in a musical revue that is jazzy, sentimental, rhythmic, nostalgic and patriotic-all happening at the same time. With music arrangements, costumes and choreography, In The Mood is as authentic as it gets.
You've Got A Friend 'The Music of Carole King and James Taylor' at the James Lumber Center
This nostalgic concert performance pays homage to the music, lyrics and melodies that comprise the timeless songbook of Carole King and James Taylor. Two long-time friends and collaborators, hit songwriter, Kirsti Mann, and national recording artist, Jonathan Birchfield, share their incredible onstage chemistry and unique artistry, capturing the essence of friendship through music.
Masters of Soul at the James Lumber Center
The Temptations, Gladys Knight & The Pips, Diana Ross and the Supremes, The Jackson Five, and Stevie Wonder are just some of the iconic Motown artists who have earned their place in the history of all popular music. In this ultimate stroll down memory lane, Masters of Soul celebrates these artists and many more via incredible harmonies, stylish costumes and endless smooth moves.
Tomáseen Foley's A Celtic Christmas at James Lumber Center
From the infinite treasury of Ireland's cultural heritage comes Tomáseen Foley's A Celtic Christmas - a recreation of a night before Christmas in a remote farmhouse in the west of Ireland in the 1940s. Neighbors gather around the fireside for a night of traditional Irish music, song, dance and storytelling from native Irish storyteller, Tomáseen Foley. There is magic in the air when the neighbors knock sparks off the flagstone floors with their dancing and the rafters sing with fiery traditional music. A wholesome Christmas show for all the family to enjoy. Contact the Box Office for complete details on the tickets.
2017 NCAA National Golf Championships at Rich Harvest Farms
The 2017 NCAA National Golf Championships will be held at Rich Harvest Farms and hosted for the first time by Northern Illinois University, with play taking place from May 19-24 (women) and May 26-31 (men). Sugar Grove will be only the third Illinois city to host the Division I Golf Championships. Cook County's Olympia Fields Country Club hosted the men's championship in 1943, while Conway Farms Golf Club outside of Chicago played host to the men's as well in 1997.
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Visitors to Day at the Farm will see how the oats are removed from the chaff and straw with an antique threshing machine/separator. Kids can pet farm animals, play on a pedal tractor pull, and enjoy pony rides! Bossie the "milk her yourself' cow will be there as well as the corn box. But there's more! Antique cars and tractors, tractor-pulled hayrides, and food from the Country Kitchen. All this with live bluegrass music in the air. C'mon out! Caption: Dickson-Murst Farm volunteers were busy harvesting oats using a vintage 1930s-40s hay binder getting ready for old-time harvesting demonstrations during Day at the Farm.
Dig out your berets and bowlers, ushankas and sombreros, and celebrate diversity in style! This event is a dancing, eating, creating and learning celebration of Aurora's diverse cultures, past and present, benefitting Family Focus Aurora, World Relief and the Aurora Historical Society. Admission is free, but donations are welcome. 4-8 pm
Historic LaSalle Street Auto Show
Historic LaSalle Street (Aurora) comes alive with classic cars. The block of LaSalle Street between Downer Place and Benton Street is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. Cars were first sold and serviced in Aurora on LaSalle Street in 1907. LaSalle Street was fondly called "LaSalle Street Auto Row". Food vendors, games, prizes and cars! 9 am - 3 pm
Northern Illinois University and the University of Toledo will play in the "Huskie Chi-Town Showdown," the first football game in the 25-year history of U.S. Cellular Field, on Wednesday, November 9, 2016. Annually one of the Mid-American Conference's premiere contests, the #MACtion game between MAC West Division rivals will air nationally on an ESPN Network at a time to be determined. Single game tickets for the Huskie Chi-Town Showdown will be priced at $45, $55 and $65 and will go on sale via Ticketmaster on August 1 along with single game tickets for NIU's five Huskie Stadium home games. NIU students will be admitted free with their OneCard and can purchase student guest tickets for $22.
More than 50 craft brews, ciders, music, and snacks will be on hand for your enjoyment! Rain or shine, come out for a fun day.
24th Annual State Championship Chili Cook-Off
Come taste the best chili in the State of Illinois and share in the excitement. Three categories of competition: (1) Illinois State Championship Chili Cook-Off (2) Traditional (includes Restaurant Division) (3) New Salsa. Chili & Salsa tasting begins at 2 pm. Tasting cups available for a small fee. Free admission. Concession Available. Presented by Batavia Parks in cooperation by the Batavia Chamber of Commerce and Confident Aire.
Presented by the Alpine Runners, this is a 1/2 Marathon, 5K Run/Walk, Youth Mile, and also offers kid's races. Something for all runners and the whole family. The races run through the streets and along the shores of beautiful Paulus Park in Lake Zurich. Gatorade, water, and time splits will be available along the course. Food and drinks will be available to participants at the finish line. No dogs, strollers, bikes, rollerblades or headphones are allowed in the races please.
CITY:Lake Zurich
Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival
The Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival will be presenting its 2015 festival from July 24 – 31 at AMC Randhurst 12 in Mount Prospect, Illinois. The festival regularly exhibits over 30 films from around the globe that compete for a variety of awards that range in genre, production, performance and audience categories. Each film selected for exhibition and competition is screened in one theater over the course of eight days. Judges experience each film for the first time along with the audience.
CITY:Mount Prospect
Join Sugar Grove for their annual festival commemorating sweet corn. Enjoy live entertainment, carnival, parade crafts, 5K race, fireworks, beer tent and lots of corn!
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Get the Led Out at RiverEdge Park
Last summer, these talented rockers lit up RiverEdge Park with shredding guitar, piercing vocals and a head-banging drum solo that made us feel like we were seeing Jimmy, John, Robert and John Paul back on stage. This year, they're bringing it all back, and then some. Get the Led Out's mission is to perform songs from Zeppelin's legendary albums like Led Zeppelin I-IV, Physical Graffiti and In Through the Out Door with the explosive energy the guys were known for.
Andersonville makes it easy to save money and support local businesses while shopping for friends and family (or even yourself!) at the 14th annual Late Night Andersonville on Friday, December 2 from 6-10pm. For 4 hours only, over 40 beloved Andersonville stores and restaurants will be open late and offering great savings on distinctive holiday gifts and delectable meals, plus free refreshments and entertainment.
Downtown Alive! 7th Heaven at RiverEdge Park
Chicago's 7th Heaven has been an area staple for 3 decades, playing over 250 dates every single year. In addition to being kings of the Midwest's cover band circuit, these talented dudes have opened for Bon Jovi, Kid Rock and Styx with their original material and classic favorites. If you've never experienced 7th Heaven's world-famous "30 Songs in 30 Minutes" medley, get ready to be knocked off your feet. And if you have, you know what these guys are capable of. Set up your lawn chair, crack that cold one and get ready to sing along to your favorite hits from yesterday, today and maybe even the future… who knows what tunes these guys are going to bust out at the Park.
Skokie's downtown summer street festival is held annually over three days in late August featuring carnival rides, events for all ages and a concert stage with regional and national acts. Since its inception, Skokie's Backlot Bash has presented some of the nation's most eclectic Rock, Blues and R&B artists. This year includes Blue Oyster Cult, Living Colour, Tributosaurus becomes 'The Police' and more!
Please join us in Elmhurst City Centre for great local food, beer and wine and some of the area's best live music! The two day festival will run on Friday, September 9th from 4 to 10:30 pm and Saturday, September 10th from Noon to 10:30 pm.


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Associate Professor Mark Eugene Amsler
BA (Johns Hopkins), MA (Ohio State), PhD (Ohio State)
Prior to the University of Auckland, I taught English, Linguistics, and Medieval Studies at the University of Delaware, Eastern Michigan University, and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
I currently serve on the editorial boards for Historiographia Linguistica and Language and History.
I am currently Director of the Europe Institute at the University of Auckland.
Research interests
Comparative medieval and early modern studies; English language and linguistics; critical literacy studies; critical discourse analysis; literary and cultural theory.
Research | Current
I currenly work in the areas of medieval studies, history of linguistics, and cultural theory, moving between earlier periods and the contemporary scene. I am especially interested in pragmatics and written discourses, focusing on interactions in spoken and written texts. Heretical, nonconformist, and alternative communities are of particular interest in my current work, as well as vague language, language mixing, and genre play.
I am also researching and doing archival work on the engagement of European colonials and missionaries with the peoples of the Americas in terms of language contact and its impact on the history of linguistics.
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COMPLIT 200 World Literatures 1: Life, Death, War, Peace, Love.
COMPLIT 202 Interpreting Folktales
COMPLIT 303 Interpreting Folktales
Postgraduate supervision
I have recently supervisd or co-supervised doctoral students working on:
1) linguistic hybridity in digital and print discourses in Pakistan, NZ, and the UK;
2) Old English prose and syntactic complexity (with special attention to Aelfric's Catholic Homilies);
3) translation, transcreation, feminism and language choice in post-1900 anglophone fiction from South Asia (Rushdie, Roy, Ghosh);
4) Rene Girard's theory of mimetic sacrifice and the narrative construction of Satan and demons in Gospel narratives.
5) Li Qiao's Wintry Niight Trilogy and the emergence of Taiwan nationalist sensibility
6) contemporary Maori women novelists
I invite proposals for Masters and Doctoral research projects in comparative literary and critical theory, literacy studies, medieval studies, history of linguistics (esp before 1900), and/or English sociolinguistics.
Phi Kappa Phi honorary society
Areas of expertise
Critical theory and semiotics. Medieval literatures. Sociolinguistics, esp. codeswitching, language change and variation, English linguistics. Literacy and history of the book.
Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)
- Amsler, M. (2015). The Oxford Handbook of the History of Linguistics. LANGUAGE & HISTORY, 58 (1), 74-76.
- Amsler, M., & Shore, C. (2015). Responsibilisation and leadership in the neoliberal university: A New Zealand perspective. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, Online first, 1-15. 10.1080/01596306.2015.1104857
Other University of Auckland co-authors: Cris Shore
- Amsler, M. (2012). Poverty as a Mobile Signifier: Waldensians, Lollards, Dives and Pauper. Paper presented at 16th Annual Conference of the Perth-Medieval-and-Renaissance-Group on Poverty in the Medieval and Early Modern World, Perth, AUSTRALIA. 11 June - 12 June 2010. EXPERIENCES OF POVERTY IN LATE MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN ENGLAND AND FRANCE. (pp. 25).
- Amsler, M. E. (2011). Critical Pedagogy in the English Classroom. Paper presented at Much Ado About English (International Federation of Teachers of English [IFTE] quadrennial meeting, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. 18 April - 21 April 2011.
- Amsler, M. E. (2011). Affective Literacies: Writing and Multilingualism in the Late Middle Ages. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols.
- Amsler, M. E. (2011). Does affect have grammar?. Paper presented at History of Emotions in the Medieval and Early Modern Worlds, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia. 8 June - 11 June 2011.
- Amsler, M. E. (2011). Bede's Literacy Casebook: Historia ecclesiastica, Book 4. Paper presented at Australia-New Zealand Association for Medieval and Early Modern Studies (ANZAMEMS): Eighth Biennial Conference, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand. 2 February - 5 February 2011.
- Amsler, M. E. (2011). First catch your question: critical language awareness and crossing lines in the classroom. Paper presented at Society of Auckland Gifted Educators (SAGE) annual meeting, Auckland, New Zealand.
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Book your room at Hotel Campanile Toulouse - Blagnac Aéroport
Get an overview of this hotel3-star hotel with restaurant and bar/lounge
Situated in Blagnac, this hotel is within 2 mi (3 km) of Airbus Industry, Monastere Sainte Catherine de Sienne, and Roman Amphitheater at Purpan. Purpan Hospital and Ernest-Wallon Stadium are also within 3 mi (5 km).
Hotel Features
A restaurant, a bar/lounge, and a business center are available at this hotel. Free WiFi in public areas and free self parking are also provided. Additionally, meeting rooms, free newspapers, and multilingual staff are onsite.
Room Amenities
All 57 rooms offer free WiFi, room service, and flat-screen TVs with satellite channels. Premium bedding, coffee makers, and hair dryers are among the other amenities available to guests.Would you like to give us feedback? Share it! Opens in a new window
Hotel Campanile Toulouse - Blagnac Aéroport3 Avenue Didier Daurat Blagnac Haute-Garonne 31700
Hotel Amenities
Hotel Amenities
The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. This 3-star property offers access to a business center and meeting rooms.
Public areas are equipped with complimentary high-speed wireless Internet access. 3 meeting rooms are available. This Blagnac hotel also offers a terrace, multilingual staff, and a garden. Onsite self parking is complimentary.
- Bar/lounge
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Business center
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Free self parking
- Free WiFi
- Front desk (limited hours)
- Garden
- Meeting rooms 3
- Multilingual staff
- Number of floors - 1
- Number of meeting rooms - 3
- Restaurant
- Television in common areas
- Terrace
- Total number of rooms - 57
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Air conditioning
- Bathtub or shower
- Coffee/tea maker
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Daily housekeeping
- Flat-panel TV
- Free WiFi
- Hair dryer
- Phone
- Premium bedding
- Private bathroom
- Room service (limited hours)
- Satellite TV service
Where to Eat
Buffet breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning.
Onsite venue - This restaurant specializes in French cuisine and serves lunch and dinner. A children's menu is available.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
You can order a meal from room service during limited hours.
To make requests for specific accessibility needs, complete the "Special or Accessibility Requests" section of "Trip Preferences" when you book your hotel.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
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Hotel Policies
Check-in time ends at 11 PM
Check-in time starts at Noon
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Check-out time is Noon
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- No pets or service animals allowed
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
No rollaway/extra beds available
No pets or service animals allowed
- A tax is imposed by the city: EUR 1.20 per person, per night
Optional extras
- Fee for buffet breakfast: EUR 9.90 per person (approximately)
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- Campanile Toulouse Aéroport
- Campanile Toulouse Blagnac Aéroport
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One child 10 years old or younger stays free when occupying the parent or guardian's room, using existing bedding. No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.
National Rating
This hotel has received its official star rating from the French Tourism Development Agency, ATOUT France.